When they found out he was right, Gabriel tried to insist the prize was all hers, “but I said, ‘No, no. It’s ours,’ ’’ she said.

She said she and her husband “have been happily married for 19 years,’’ and the first thing the money will buy them is a romantic weekend in Paris this spring without the kids.

It also will pay for college for the kids, two girls, ages 16 and 14, and a 4-year-old boy, and “maybe one day, we’ll get a new house.’’

Once she heard about the windfall, their older daughter asked for a Mercedes. Her youngest just wants Transformers toys.

“The 14-year-old, she doesn’t care. She said, ‘Don’t worry, this [first] million dollars is going to go so fast and you’ll have nothing left,’ ’’ her mom said.

Other lottery winners include:

* Dominick and Diana Morana, of Massapequa, who won a $5 million Set for Life scratch-off prize — less than a year after his godparents on Staten Island won a $72 million Mega Millions jackpot. The Moranas will receive $86,000 a year after taxes for life.

* Joseph Bianco, 80, from Merrick, who saw his late father in a dream — which his own son described as a “golden moment.’’ The next day, he want to a store and saw Golden Opportunity tickets on sale and bought one. It will pay him $50,000 a year for 20 years, or $33,000 annually after taxes.

* Retired Rikers Correction Officer Bernett Shaw of Central Islip, who locked up a Money for Life scratch-off prize of $100,000 for life, for a guaranteed $2 million, or $66,000 a year after taxes.